Tonight's Artist SPEAKeasy, featuring three fantastic local artists: filmmaker/animator Sharad Patel, musician/audio engineer Cesar Inserny, and fabulous painter Nicola Parente! Join us this evening for casual conversation, cocktails, and nosh!
Every third Wednesday of the month at the Artist SPEAKeasy, Spacetaker hosts two to three artists from varying disciplines (visual, performing, literary, etc.) to present, in an informal atmosphere, creative dialogs/talks/presentations about their work followed by a question and answer session where the audience can glean further insight into the artist, the artist's aesthetic and creative process. The evening is designed not only to bring together artists and those who appreciate the arts, but also to introduce local artists to each other to encourage conversation and cross-disciplinary collaboration between artists and their chosen media.
Presenting artists this month are painter Nicola Parente, video producer/animator Sharad Kant Patel, and musician/audio engineer Cesar Inserny!
Nicola Parente:
Nicola Parente creates expressive abstract paintings from his studio in Houston, Texas. Born in Italy, he draws from his rich Italian heritage and a deep well of cross-cultural experiences to bring his art to life. Working in a variety of media, he engages the viewer in dialogues of human encounter within the urban environment. Inspired by changes in metropolitan communities, his art defines the intersections of daily urban life and timeless multi-cultural celebration. His paintings capture the fluidity and static elements of the urban matrix, referencing the architectonic images, reflections, and rhythms of its landscape. Mr. Parente competed his undergraduate studies at Kings College and his masters from the University of St. Thomas. Recently, Parente collaborated with Dominic Walsh Dance Theater in designing and creating the set for the World Premier Production of Terminus. He is represented in Houston by Gremillion &Co. Fine Art, which featured his new work at a solo exhibition in July 2008. This June/July, Parente will take part in a group exhibition entitled Transparent/Translucent at the University of Texas Art Gallery Museum in San Antonio (curated by Wade Wilson). His works can be seen in public and private collections in the US, Italy, UK, Germany, and Spain.
Sharad Kant Patel:
Sharad Kant Patel has enjoyed a career as a creative director, video producer, animator, and writer at companies like Sybilmedia, AXBG, and Hexagroup in Houston Texas. Many of his animations and designs are on permanent display at the Houston Museum of Science. As a teenager, he attended the Glassell Junior School of Art for six consecutive years, by earning annual scholarships on the basis of his
portfolio of drawings and paintings. He went on to graduate from the University of Texas at Austin and with two BS degrees in Radio-TV-Film and Advertising. He began making videos and short films as a child and continues to produce such works both commercially and as personal projects of artistic expression. His short films have screened and been awarded at Aurora Picture Show, SXSW, WorldFest Houston, and the Beverly Hills HiDef Film Festival. He is currently in post production on his first feature length film entitled “Christian Roane."
Cesar Inserny:
Cesar Inserny is an Audio Engineer, Sound Designer, Musician, and a self-proclaimed Music Producer with expertise in film and television post-production audio, music production, and composition. Cesar sings and plays guitar for his band, The Watermarks, and collaboratively writes, records, mixes, produces, and masters all the band's music in his studio. He works as a freelancer under his company's name, Watermark Audio, with high profile clients such as MTV, Good Magazine, and The Fashion Network.
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